[Win32utils-devel] FW: File.link on Win32

[win32utils-devel at rubyforge.org]

I sent this to ruby-core.  I meant to cc win32utils as well. :)

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Berger, Daniel [mailto:Daniel.Berger at qwest.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:08 AM
To: ruby-core at ruby-lang.org
Subject: File.link on Win32


Hi all,

I noticed that win32.c in 1.8.2 p3 contained a link() function (or maybe
it was always there and I never noticed).  Anyway, it doesn't seem to
work properly.

File.link("C:\\temp.txt","C:\\temp.lnk")

It creates a shortcut, but it's busted.  Double clicking on the shortcut
does nothing.  If I right click on the shortcut in Windows Explorer and
select the "shortcut" tab it says, "This is not a valid shortcut".

Any ideas?

Regards,

Dan